Georgia president tells Paul Finebaum that college athletics is ‘pretty close to anarchy’
By Ethan Stone
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Georgia president Jere Morehead is worried about the future of college athletics.
It seems to be a common sentiment these days.
While speaking at the SEC spring meetings in Destin on Tuesday, Morehead told Paul Finebaum that time is running out and that college athletics is close to anarchy. He pointed out that little to nothing has been done to address top-heavy NIL spending and a transfer portal window that steadily sees a record number of entrants each offseason.
More than anything, Morehead is concerned about the total lack of rule enforcement for the new realities listed above.
“We’re close to anarchy. Time is running out on us,” Morehead told Finebaum, via Georgia writer Graham Coffey. “What have we accomplished in the last year? Nothing. Absolutely no progress. I’d say we’re in a worse position than we were a year ago. And that’s concerning to me.”
So, what’s Morehead’s solution?
“I think we would have to form a group, and the group would have to start working on this,” Morehead said, via DawgsCentral. “Obviously the commissioner (Greg Sankey) would be at the top of this food chain. Until we make a decision that we can’t tolerate the status-quo any longer, and that we are going to be in the process of planning for what’s next, we’re still going to be in this no man’s land.”
Morehead continued…
“Commissioner Sankey led us out of Covid and we had a football season, I think he can lead us through this process, but it’s going to start with us all agreeing that we are going to follow the rules that we establish in the SEC.”
Notably, Morehead mentioned a bipartisan bill that is expected to be released next week by Sens. Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz, which aims to regulate college sports in its current form. Morehead said Tuesday that he hopes the bill is “reasonable,” but that the SEC should be working on a Plan B in the meantime.
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Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
